The Sicatoka

Don't you remember the Fargo Arena debates a few years back? The issue was "why not use the FargoDome?" Why? Because FargoDome isn't completely ready for ice. It would take a few hundred thousand dollars (close to a million?) to put ice into FargoDome. Someone probably has the numbers from back then.

I don't say so. NDSU (de facto) did. NDSU hired them as consultants. NDSU wouldn't hire non-experts, would they?

... and they are the expert consultants.

Not to reiterate myself, but ...

I've read NDSU's Carr Report. It explicitly said "Secure an acceptable conference membership before making the decision to reclassify to I-AA." Not following a consultant's report that you (NDSU) paid for doesn't seem exactly "thoughtfully" done. And now we have the appearance of many "DI-AA" emotional egos here.

Tickets, or season tickets? I don't recall NDSU having had five-digits of season ticket holders even in their powerhouse years.

Let me repeat the key part of that: The "they" of which 'Old Barn Guy at Home' speaks is his alma mater: NDSU. I'm glad to see that at least one Bison fan can view the situation with some level of objectivity.

WYOBISONMAN: If your posit comes to pass and there is a significant "reshuffling," wouldn't you expect there to be reduced, or even no, probationary periods (ala 1973 and the creation of three divisions)?

Interesting to see a quote like that from BSC Commissioner Fullerton in a piece written by a Bison fan.

I knew the shuttle bus stops and routes better than my class schedule.

Come on, they have the same hair stylist!

... each trying to get the other to lay on his back so he can lay on top of him. I'll stick to watching hockey, thanks.

Official North Dakota "Riff-Raff" Prevention Table.

I'm thinking the "separated at birth" two pictures theme with "Dora the Explorer" for Diggler's buddy Lukas. How about one aimed at our buddy Don Adam. Found outside Officials' locker To Do Today: - ignore Obstruction - ignore Holding - ignore Hooking - ignore Interference - ignore Rulebook Think they'll get the point?

Nah, it keeps the riff-raff out. --- The ND Tourism Board UND had a something-like 60-year stretch without cancelling classes due to weather. That ended in the late 1980s (early 1990s?). I believe the numbers "cfm567b27" put out were close but I also believe the wind gusts put the wind chill into the minus three-digits category. That day was, to my mind at least, refreshingly crisp.

Come on Greyeagle. You guys play hockey too. You're bad people as well.

One last thought: Notice how this posit on the NDSU board appears during the Sioux at Gophers series time frame when UND is getting local media lead story time? Coincidence? Su-u-u-u-ure.

To quote a Bison fan: "Hockey is the sport where minorities are excluded." Memo to: Scott Gomez Anson Carter Jerome Iginla Grant Fuhr et al, You are minorities. You never did, nor ever will play, in the National Hockey League. Signed, North Dakota State University football fans And, how in the world did diversity-loving Dr. Saigo at SCSU ever allow that sport in his domain? The posit is rediculous.

Thirty minutes? 1. I guess that means NDSU's proposed travel partner is Bisonfan1234 'nearby' ... times six. 2. Wouldn't that just about preclude travel between Jamestown and Valley City? Depending on traffic and time of day, it may prevent it between Bismarck Century HS and Mandan HS. Trust me, "thirty minutes" is not a DI-AA definition of "nearby."

Mankato to Cedar Falls - 194 miles Fargo to Brookings - 190 miles Gee, that's "travel partner" distance so it must be "nearby." And talking "distance", two other DI-AAs just so "1234" understands "nearby": Fargo to Cedar Falls (UNI) - 450 miles Fargo to Missoula (UMontana) - 950 miles That ain't "nearby."

My thoughts when I saw a MSU-Mankato @ UNI game: UNI got a "cheap date" (low guarantee, a home game, and nearby MSU-M fans that may travel to Waterloo/Cedar Falls for the game).

Did I mention that Don "Get Smart" Adam is doing this weekend's DU series?